EVENING HOURS; Creative Forces

By BILL CUNNINGHAM

Published: January 15, 2012

CORRECTION APPENDED

PHOTOS: Jan. 12: Isabella Stewart Gardner stipulated in her will that nothing in her Venetian-style palace museum could be moved or changed from where she placed it. Last Thursday, the museum moved into the 21st century with the opening of a Renzo Piano glass building, set 50 feet from the original palace. Visitors now enter through the new wing of the museum in Boston and then pass through the 50-foot glass tunnel into Gardner's vast collection, with the central court of the museum in magical, full bloom. Adding to the excitement is the restoration of the tapestry room, formerly the music room. The new wing holds a cube-shaped concert chamber and a gallery for the shows of the artists in residence. There is a spacious lounge and restaurant for visitors, as well as offices, which had overcrowded the museum. For the first time since Gardner opened the museum on Jan. 1, 1903, guests moved through an enlarged passage to see the flowering court from the exact perspective that the first visitors enjoyed.; 1. The new building, left, and the old museum behind a glass wall. 2. The view of the court. 3. ALLI ACHTMEYER and BILL ACHTMEYER. 4. The restored tapestry room. 5. Looking through the tapestry room's windows into the new art exhibition space. 6. The original entrance, now closed. 7. From left, ANNE HAWLEY, JACK GARDNER and BARBARA HOFFSTEADER.; 8. The tunnel to the back, which is now the entrance. 9. Inside the tunnel. 10. RENZO PIANO and EMILY MOORE. 11. The new music hall. 12. The new entrance. 13. CYNTHIA REED and JOHN REED. 14. BETH FLOOR. 15. SCOTT NICKRENZ, the music director of the Gardner, and KATHERINE CHAPMAN. 16. CAROLYN LYNCH and PETER LYNCH. 17. BETTYE and ROBERT FREEMAN. 18. ROANN COSTIN.; Jan. 9: The Frick Collection gave its annual director's council dinner for 45 guests in the mansion's dining room, where portraits by Gainsborough have been returned to the spot they first occupied. 19. Guests viewing restored Limoges enamels. 20. A 16th-century triptych. 21. IAN WARDROPPER, the new director. 22. A Gainsborough, left, on the south wall. 23. SOFIA BLANCHARD.; Jan. 5: The artist Thomas Woodruff exhibited ''The Four Temperament Variations'' at PPOW, a gallery on West 22nd Street. 24. THOMAS WOODRUFF and YUKO SHIMIZU.; Jan. 10: The YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund held its annual awards dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. The event drew more than 1,000 guests and 126 students, from 35 colleges. Six students were awarded Geoffrey Beene scholarships. 25. KARLIE KLOSS and the fashion designer JASON WU, who was honored with the Future of Fashion award. 26. From left, CARMELA SPINELLI, SARAH BUTLER, MICHAEL FINK and SARAH COLLINS of the Savannah College of Art and Design 27. CARLY CUSHNIE, left, and MICHELLE OCHS. 28. AMELIA BROWN of Cornell and THOMAS DAI of Harvard. 29. VICTORIA KIM, left, and GWENDOLYN O'NEAL of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 30. From left, SANDI LAMPO, CHELSEA SAUDER, ALEXA ADAMS and KAILAH GONZALEZ of Texas A&M University. 31. KARLY HANKIN, left, and TAYLOR JUSTIN of the Savannah College of Art and Design. (PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL CUNNINGHAM)

Correction: January 22, 2012, Sunday

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: The Evening Hours column last Sunday misstated the surname of a guest at the opening of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's new wing in Boston. She is Barbara Hostetter, not Hoffsteader.